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Lobbyists for the National Popular Vote interstate compact have long targeted Arizona in hopes of adding its eleven electoral votes to their unconstitutional compact scheme. In the past, they have even had some success finding Republican legislators willing to sponsor their bills. But a lot has changed since then.
NPV's well known strategy of hiring token Republicans to represent them doesn't seem to be working, and schmoozing legislators isn't either. No number of fancy dinners or expensive trips to Hawaii is going to make Arizona Republicans silence their own voters and diminish their state's electoral impact.
In a desperate attempt to shore up support, NPV lobbyists have started sending their books and misleading pamphlets to legislators. Their plan is to convince Arizona Republicans to abandon the Electoral College in favor of a system that would disenfranchise Arizonans and amplify the effects of voter fraud.
State Representative Rachel Jones made her opposition clear on X after receiving some of NPV’s handouts.
This is what I found in my office at The Capitol today. There’s definitely a push for this atrocity incoming.
— AZ Representative Rachel Jones (@RJ4arizona) November 21, 2024
The question is “who is pushing it” not “is it going to be pushed?”
Lobbyists run politics in Arizona and it’s time for it to stop. https://t.co/9ZDlMH1gJqpic.twitter.com/zRBgaPSlYo
Responding to another tweet about the situation, Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen made his position on the matter known.
I have not heard this but I assure you it will not see the light of day in the AZ Senate.
— Warren Petersen (@votewarren) November 21, 2024
Arizona’s new Speaker of the House Steve Montenegro made a strong statement against NPV.
For those asking questions regarding National Popular Vote (NPV), it is #DeadOnArrival in Arizona. I won't allow the State House to hear any such bill and @VoteWarren has said the same for the State Senate.
— Steve Montenegro (@SteveMontenegro) November 21, 2024
Republicans control both chambers of the legislature and are united in opposition to the National Popular Vote interstate compact. In the words of Arizona House Speaker Steve Montenegro, National Popular Vote is dead on arrival.